samsung hm160hc in cf-51 help

i have a cf-51 mk3LL that i got without a hard drive,found the hm160hc cheap (new)and after reading on this forum bought it.reguardless of all the posts i read about it working great in the cf-51 i can not get it to work.when it is installed in laptop it hangs system and it will not boot from cd/dvd or usb.i then installed an old 20 gig drive i have and it boots fine.i thought the drive was bad so i sent it back for a replacement.tried again same results.finally got estool to run with drive installed.it picks up intel ich7m sata2 controller? but does not detect the drive.the drive shows in bios and i can feel it is spining up.i also tried the drive in a usb enclosure on my desktop and it show unallocated in drive manager so i tried to alocate the space and it wont because it says drive is not iniated.i hope some one who has got the drive in their system can point me in the right dirrection.i have never in 12 plus years had this much trouble from a hdd.

 

I have seen at least 3 separate posts here from members that have had issue with this drive in the last month

At least one was from you previously ,but I have never had issue in any of the various models that I have installed it in
This includes old toughbooks like the cf-28 , all have been easy and troublefree

That means that this drive is now not worth taking a chance with
I recommend one of our old favorites the 7200rpm hitachi ide in 60 or 80 GB
OR the Seagate 5400 rpm

 

Can't help at the moment but I will be attempting the same thing hopefully within the next few days.
Same CF-51, same Samsung HM160HC.
Will report back if I have any problems.

 

autotech42 , Does your caddy have the foam padding still in it ?

 

About 3 months ago I bought a spare Samsung HM160HC and a extra 51 caddy so I figured I would put it in one of mine to see what happens. Checked the bios and it there,set boot order and save changes and restart with restore disk and gets to 4% and stops??? Tried another disk and the same. So I shut it down and put the HDD in a external case and plug it in, loads drivers and says its all set...not. Checked my computer and nothing, its not there ?? Ok so back in the caddy and this time I us a XP Pro OEM disk . Format the disk "quick" and run the setup. A while later it restarts and blue screen . So took out the hdd again and put it in the external case again and it loads drivers, says its all set but its not in my computer...again . #@$^$##& I even tried the drive in the caddy that I know is good. I have never had this type of problem with any drive.

 

i tried it with foam out and with it in caddy,i inieated it and formatted it in my desktop last night and still have same issue.i will be returning this drive for a refund.since i have beat this horse seven ways to sunday with same results.as stated earlier i have never had a hdd problem like this before.

 

Well my install went without a hitch. In fact it was the most painless install I have ever done as I used the correct recovery disc for the first time.
The HD was supposedly new/unused and had a 2011 date on the label.
So other than proving that the Samsung HM160HC is still a suitable replacement, I am not sure what help that is to you.
If you need to check BIOS settings against aknown working set up, then post what you have.
Might have been a bad batch perhaps, although that doesen't explain Blair's experience. I have seen some used Samsung HD's listed for sale as faulty, so they are not bulletproof.
The fact it works with another HD suggests its not the computer. I had the opposite experience. I tried with an old Toshiba 3018GAS which had an old OS on it. I tried several times to load another OS on it including reformatting but it never worked. Kept asking for CD 2 for another file and I only have 1 CD! Yet when I loaded it back into a CF-72 it installed without any problem.

 

i wounder if the restore disk would help me or not since it seems to hang system to a crawl with it installed and getting the dvd to boot seems impossible.if it is working for people with a restore disk it would seem thats its a driver issue.i have a cf-51 driver disk,will see if i can figure out how to get system booted from usb with ide and dvd support from panasonic disk.

p.s. my bios is version 3.50L12 i beleive and 3.50L14 is last for this unit.all the lastest one updates is PXE support,from what i read.and as far as settings go,its all basic with these units no real advanced settings or hdd auto detect,that i found any way.

 

I'm running that drive in my 51, put it in over a year ago and have used it daily since. My only thought is that is a defective drive. This one is a solid drive for me.. JohnP

 

These drives had begun having quality issues a while back. I have a doorstop that went teats up 6 months or so ago. I didn't save any receipts so warranty was out and so am I.
I personally won't buy another. One for target practice is enough. I'll take a slow and dependable drive any day. Lose some data just once and your opinion of this wonderful drive might change.
Sorry for the mild rant, I had 2 really carppy days at work. My tolerance is a tad low today.

Shawn

 

Can you check your Firmware Version so that we know if there has been a change.

thanks.

Keep your chin up dude, it's never as bad as it seams.

o.g.

 

O.G.,

How do I do that?

OP,

Do you have another stick of RAM to try. Thought I read somewhere that dodgy RAM can cause a few problems.

 

Control Panel,
Device Manager,
Select Your HDD,
Right Click & select properties & then the details tab.

I'm on a different unit now, but I think my FW is Q100-10.

o.g.

 

Hmm.. mine starts with LQ100-10!

 

Sorry, I've just checked, mine is LQ100-10, thanks.

The reason why I asked is because the guy who posted last week with the same issue never came back with his FW version. I was wondering if it had changed.

thanks

o.g.

 

I don't wanna go futhermore with this one coz I haven't yet encounter with this problem.

On the other thread they have concluded that it is a manufacturing deffect but it said that it was formatted as an external hdd. I don't know.


ohlip

 

sent the samsung back for full refund.installed a western digital wd1600beve and every thing went without problem.the hdd bench tests show this drive is slightly faster in all areas compared to the ones posted in the samsung fastest ide drive thread.i was able to format the samsung in a usb enclosure so the drive was good must have been a compatibility issue,what ever that may be.

 

This drive is also a problem in a CF-29 mk5. We have a bunch of MK3s at work, and the drive works fine in them, but not in the mk5. I have tried several of the samsung HM160HC, both work in the older MK, neither works in the MK5. I get the same problem, bios sees the drive, correct size, but will not boot. I just get a blinking cursor. It will eventually boot from CD, after about 15 minutes, but windows setup does not see the drive. I have tried resetting bios to factory, removing other devices, nothing works. The drive works as a USB drive, and formats fine, so the drive is good.